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GA 370 | Improving Quality of Life with Lean with Rick Foreman

Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership
Episode • May 6, 2021 • 59m
This week's guest is Rick Foreman. Ron and Rick covered a lot of ground, including Federal Heath's lean journey, and creating a strong culture of continuous improvement. Rick also gave some advice on "selling" others on the power of lean. A MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.
In this episode you'll learn: 

The quote that inspires Rick (4:01)
About our Kaizen Way course (4:42)
Rick's background (6:56)
About Federal Heath (8:47)
Federal Heath's lean journey (10:59)
Their book club (15:53)
The keys to achieving and sustaining culture (18:35)
Identifying a strong culture of continuous improvement (23:15)
A "sales pitch" on lean (26:04)
What to do when your leadership is not bought into lean (35:06)
Some of the challenges Federal Heath faces (49:27)
Rick's final words of wisdom (55:24)

Podcast Resources

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Gemba Academy "The Kaizen Way" Course
Federal Heath
Rick on LinkedIn

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